Comments on: District 7 City Council Forum

By: John Zaleska

John Zaleska — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:58:37 +0000

Say no on prop 1. Phoenix has really grown over the past 20 years. And the tax base has grown with it. A proportionate chunk of that tax base should have gone to both the fire department and police automatically to keep up with the growth. It obviously has not. I sent an e-mail to the mayor asking him to explain. He has never responded. It is funny since he always responds to day to day issues. I think, in a way, he has given us all the answer.

I suggest that rather than passing prop 1 we put the mayor and city council under investigation for misappropriation of tax revenue while we have an independent audit of city spending for at least the last 10 years.

The people of this city need to know what is going on, and it needs to be heard from the roof tops. Prop 1 sounds good on the surface until you begin to examine the need and why.

By: Brad Frese

Brad Frese — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:40:39 +0000

The Center for Arizona Policy has posted its Municipal Voter’s Guides for Phoenix and Tucson on its web site. Sadly, even after multiple contacts encouraging candidates to answer the survey, only a minority of candidates are allowing the voters to find out how they stand on the issues important to families. The survey gives contact information for those who did not want to answer the survey, and residents of Phoenix and Tucson are encouraged to call the candidates themselves to find out how they stand on the issues.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:05:58 +0000

Thanks for this coverage of district 7candidates. I have lived in the district for the better part of the last decade, but have been thoroughly confused by the lack of meaningful information.

Art Harding’s opposition to sanctuary cities and saying that police actually have the ability to check immigration status of those they stop, sounds mighty good to me. I also like the idea of teaching English to assist students living in America with speaking the language that will benefit them.

By: Sonoran Alliance » District 7 debate coverage.

Sonoran Alliance » District 7 debate coverage. — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:33:34 +0000

[...] Red debate coverage. [...]

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:38:56 +0000

The undercurrent of District 7 needing to address “Hispanic”concerns tells the real story of the fallacy of having districts rather than city-wide seats. With districts, councilmen respond to their own specific area rather than to issues impacting Phoenix as a whole. I find this troubling. Are we going to end up with ethnic Chicago-like neighborhoods with Polish and Italian councilmen representing their own groups? Of course not! But is this any better?

We are a city of Phoenicians. Our religion or ethnicity should have nothing to do with who represents us on the council or in the legislature. The good of the entire city should be the goal of each and every council person elected.